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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous photosynthetic, chiefly terrestrial, nonvascular plants that reproduce by spores, including the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. These three groups together formerly made up the division Bryophyta, which is now restricted to the mosses alone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the Bryophyta.
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- noun any of numerous plants of the division
bryophyta .
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- noun botany A member of the
Bryophyta (in the broadest sense). Anyplant in which thegametophyte (haploid ) stage of the lifecycle is the larger, persistent stage, and thesporophyte (diploid ) stage is small and dependent upon thegametophyte . Bryophytes includemosses ,liverworts , andhornworts .
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- noun any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
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Examples
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In the Russian Arctic, for example, 735 bryophyte species (530 mosses and 205 liverworts) and 1078 lichen species have been recorded [9].
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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Genetic variation in the clonal bryophyte Hylocomium splendens at hierarchical geographical scales in Scandinavia.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Genetic variation in the clonal bryophyte Hylocomium splendens at hierarchical geographical scales in Scandinavia.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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There are 794 angiosperm genera, 77% of China's total angiosperm species, 24 gymnosperm, 70 pteridophyte and 102 bryophyte genera.
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Large numbers of species of bryophyte (mosses and liverworts), lichen (or lichenized fungi), fungi, and algae occur, as well as many species of invertebrate animals.
Managing biodiversity conservation in a changing environment of the Arctic 2009
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An even larger proportion (90%) of bryophyte species occurs in both the North American and Eurasian Arctic.
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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The biogeographical history is also reflected in the bryophyte flora.
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Lichen and bryophyte distribution on oak in London in relation to air pollution and bark acidity [An article from: Environmental Pollution] by R.S. Larsen
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts 2008
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A total of 859 vascular plant, 15 pteridophyte, 21 bryophyte and 159 algal species have been recorded.
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The bryophyte flora is very rich in contrast to the vascular flora, with about 450 species and an endemism rate of 5%.
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